Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new home in Tucson. Arizona. He moved there a few years ago, and I was eager to see his new place and meet his friends.

My earliest memories of my father are of a tall, handsome, successful man devoted to his work and family but uncomfortable with his children. As a child I loved him; as a school girl and young adult I feared him and felt bitter（仇恨的）bout him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A’s and unhappy with my boy friends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends, I used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard.

On the first day of my visit, we went out with one of my father’s friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. We walked along that afternoon, did some shopping ate on the street table, and laughed over my son’s funny facial expressions. Gone was my father’s critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules. Who was this person I knew as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? What had held him back before?

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became easier over the years, I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years, I’m at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing, I’m delighted with my new friend. My dad in his new home in Arizona, is back to me from where he was.

1.hy did the author feel bitter about her father when she was a young adult?

A. He was silent most of the time    B. He was too proud of himself

C. He expected too much of her    D. He did not love his children

2.When the author went out with her father on weekends, she would feel ________.

A. safe    B. sorry

C. tired    D. nervous

3.What does the author think of her father after her visit to Tucson?

A. Gentle and friendly    B. More talkative

C. More critical    D. Strict and hard-working

4.The underlined words “my new friend” in the last paragraph refer to ___________.

A. the author’s son    B. the friend of the author’s father

C. the author’s father    D. the café owner

The National Gallery

Description:

The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar in London. It houses a diverse collection of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance.

Layout:

The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.

The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titian and Veronese.

The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.

The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh.

Opening Hours:

The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm（Fridays 10am to 9pm）and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.

Getting There:

Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk). Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).

1.In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?

A. The 13th    B. The 17th

C. The 18th    D. The 20th

2.Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?

A. In the East Wing.    B. In the main West Wing.

C. In the Sainsbury Wing.    D. In the North Wing.

3.Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?

A. Piccadilly Circus.    B. Leicester Square.

C. Embankment.    D. Charing Cross.

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Joe将要来中国做交换生，他发来电子邮件说他担心与新同学的 相处。请你根据以下提示给他发一封电子邮件。

1、安慰对方；

2、就如何与新同学相处给出合理建议（两到三条建议）;

3、希望他尽早适应新学校的生活。

注意：1、词数100左右；

2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3、开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Joe,

How is everything going?___________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

短文改错

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Mistakes are unavoidable in life. But attitudes towards it may make a difference.

I still remember how my spoken English was improved. In a beginning, I always kept silent in our oral class to avoid make mistakes. Before long my teacher got to know about my situation. He encouraged me to speak out that I thought. Whenever I made mistakes and felt discouraging, my teacher and my classmates would help me figure out how I must have avoided them. I also joined in an English club to get more chances to speak. Practice made perfect. Now I can talk fluent in English.

Just as the saying goes, “Every bean has its black.” Don’t afraid of making mistakes. Learn from mistakes, and success is just waiting for us.

单词拼写

注意：所填单词为1-3模块的单词及其对应的各种形式。

1.An unhappy home environment can affect a child’s b________.

2.To our great d________, it rained on the day of the picnic.

3.Show r________ to those who are older.

4.I would a________ it if you could give me some advice on learning English.

5.Listening carefully can also help you improve your pronunciation and f________ when you speak.

6.Before the examination, we should do a lot of r________.

7.After a p________ of time, she is becoming used to the new school life.

8.That book ends with a ________ (摘要) and its conclusion.

9.He ________ (承认) having stolen the car.

10.I’m ________ (疲备不堪的). I have been working since 7 o’clock.

11.These are the ________ (纪念品) bought by my father for me when he went to Japan.

12.All the staff are ________ (热情的) about the project.

13.Do you have any ________ (以前的) experience of this type of work?

14.They are on ________ (假期) for the next two weeks.

15.The graduation ________ (仪式) is around the corner.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

Johnny Carson began his career in television in his 1.(twenty). First he worked at local stations in Nebraska. Several years 2.(late), he moved to Los Angeles, California. It was “The Tonight Show”3. made Johnny Carson famous for thirty years. He became4. most popular star of American television. He 5. (call) “the king of late night”. Critics  (评论家) said Americans from all parts of the country liked him and 6. (feel) they knew him. He did not take his fame7. (serious). Carson’s special skill was his sense of humor. Audiences laughed at his jokes 8. he made at the beginning of his show. However, sometimes they laughed even 9. (hard) at the jokes that failed. He was the most powerful performer on television. Many comedians and singers became successful after 10. (appear) on “The Tonight Show”.

阅读下面两篇短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A

When I was in primary school, I didn’t like going to school. I had 1. (difficult) in reading and writing and I always could not answer the teacher’s questions 2. (correct). I cried a lot because I 3. (laugh) at by my classmates. My parents would always get mad at me. I felt very upset and didn’t have any interest4. study.

But then one day, I decided5. (change) my attitude towards study. 6.I ended up paying more attention in class and I started to practice my vocabulary and spelling skills. Also, I always 7. (go) to my teachers to ask for help when I had any trouble. I started to do better in Grade 3. 8.I was in Grade 4, I was still improving. By Grade 5, I had become the top student in class.

Now as I am 9. senior high school student, I know it might be difficult at first. But I like my past in primary school, I know if I keep working and don’t give up I will be 10. (success).

Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the doctor come out of the operating room. She ____ towards the doctor and asked, “How is my little boy?”

The doctor replied ____, “I’m sorry. We did all we could. Would you like some time with your son ____ he’s transported to the university?”

Sally nodded yes and asked the doctor to stay with her while she said ____ to her son. She ____ a lock of the boy’s hair and put it in a plastic bag. She said, “It was Jimmy’s ____ to donate (捐献) his body to the ____ for study. He said it might ____ somebody else.” She went on, “My Jimmy had a heart of gold. He always ____ to help others if he could.”

Sally walked out of the hospital and put the bag with Jimmy’s stuff (物品) in her car. The drive home was ____. It was even harder to ____ the empty house. She carried Jimmy’s stuff, and the ____ bag with the lock of his hair to his room. There she ____ a letter, which said:

Dear Mom,

I know you’re going to ____ me; but don t think that I will ever ____ you, or stop loving you, just because I’m not ____ to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, even more with each day. I don’t ____ if you want to adopt (收养) a little boy. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl ____, she probably wouldn’t like the ____ things we boys do. You’ll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls ____, you know. Just take care of yourself.

Loving you,

Jimmy

1.A. walked    B. ran    C. jumped    D. turned

2.A. nervously    B. angrily    C. worriedly    D. sadly

3.A. after    B. before    C. unless    D. if

4.A. goodbye    B. hello    C. thank-you    D. sorry

5.A. touched    B. tidied    C. cut    D. covered

6.A. idea    B. effort    C. duty    D. purpose

7.A. hospital    B. library    C. university    D. laboratory

8.A. encourage    B. satisfy    C. surprise    D. help

9.A. agreed    B. promised    C. continued    D. wanted

10.A. special    B. difficult    C. strange    D. different

11.A. sell    B. clean    C. enter    D. see

12.A. plastic    B. golden    C. big    D. beautiful

13.A. wrote    B. found    C. printed    D. copied

14.A. need    B. support    C. miss    D. praise

15.A. hate    B. lose    C. beg    D. forget

16.A. awake    B. around    C. fit    D. happy

17.A. remember    B. argue    C. mind    D. ask

18.A. instead    B. again    C. too    D. only

19.A. real    B. same    C. exciting    D. interesting

20.A. make    B. try    C. learn    D. like

After Steve Jobs died, his friend Larry Ellison said something like this. “There will never be another Steve Jobs.” 1. Larry wrote this list of Steve’s life lessons to remind us all.

1. Love what you do.

Sure Steve became a billionaire when he brought Apple back. Apple was his calling --- even after he got fired from the company. We all have bad jobs at one point in our lives. But the question is: am I in the right job? Have I found the right company? Life doesn’t go on forever. 2.

2. Don’t do it all by yourself.

Steve learned a great leader can’t do it all by himself. He needs people. They must be talented. 3.They must be given the opportunity to succeed and fail. In short, we have to learn to be a great leader if we want to see our great ideas and hard work truly have an influence on the world.

3. 4.

Apple was always the best at creating a new product that meets the exact needs of users. It’s empathy (同理心) that helps Apple achieve this. Whenever the user has the first touch with a new Apple product, he says “Wow, it’s just what I need.” Remember: you’re King in the business world if you know exactly what consumers (消费者) desire.

4. Don’t mess around with your health.

5.That’s the most important lesson from Steve’s life. It’s great to learn from him but, the fact is that he should still be here if he had treated his cancer properly. Instead, Steve chose a naturopathic (自然疗法) solution that wasn’t effective. When he finally decided to take his doctor’s original advice, it was too late.

A. They must be inspired.

B. Be the best in your field.

C. Take your health seriously.

D. Get on our right path now.

E. Will this lead to a successful career?

F. Put yourself in the other person’s shoes.

G. What are the key things that we could learn from him?

After four silent years, the 27-year-old British singer Adele Adkins has finally introduced herself to the world again with Hello, the opening song from her third album (专辑) 25, which will come out on Nov. 20.

Although Adele is a very successful singer now, music wasn’t always what she saw herself doing. At age 10, when she saw her grandmother’s pain over the death of Adele’s grandfather, she pictured herself as a heart surgeon.

“I want to fix people’s hearts,” she told the UK music website i-D, remembering the childhood interest she’d had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was for singing.

Adele didn’t go to medical school, but many would agree that she still has healing (治愈)  powers. “Her songs find the kind of memory every listener holds somewhere in their hearts. This kind of feeling is what people have always liked in Adele,” said The Telegraph. “She writes a pop diary, sharing the simple secrets of her heart.”

Most successful pop stars make albums at a fast pace, but not Adele. After her second album 21 won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, she made it clear with her label that she would spend “four or five years” making her next album. She told Vogue magazine, “I won’t come out with new music until it’s better than 21.”

Instead of seeking fame, Adele remained silent and moved to the countryside. In her free time, she loved to watch TV series Teen Mom, American Horror Story, and The Waling Dead.

Living life as normally as possible is important to the singer’s art. “Nobody wants to listen to a record from someone who’s not living in the real world,” Adele told i-D, “So I live a low-key life for my fans.”

1.What does the text mainly tell us?

A. The popularity of Adele’s album 25.

B. The healing powers of Adele’s music.

C. The secrets of Adele’s success in music.

D. The reason for Adele’s becoming a singer.

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Adele wasn’t interested in music.

B. Adele wasn’t good at music at first.

C. Music wasn’t very important in Adele’s life.

D. Music wasn’t all Adele wanted to be devoted to.

3.Why doesn’t Adele want to make albums at a fast pace?

A. To live a low-key life.

B. To win the Grammy Award.

C. To make sure the quality of her music.

D. To share the secrets of her heart as a musician.

4.What can we know about Adele?

A. Her album Hello will come out on Nov. 20.

B. She has kept a diary since childhood.

C. She moved to the countryside before 2012.

D. Her works are based on real life.